And we did a little whole group "Mystery Number" Aka- Algebra for first graders. I will refrain from station my opinion on this standard and how it applies to first graders, but by gosh, they will have it mastered by second grade, at the rate we practice it!

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

I'm I'm I am so excited! I have been blessed beyond belief with a low class size this year! I started with 17! ........dropped to 14! .....then got a new little guy three days ago, and he's so good! So now I'm at 15! It's been wonderful! Our district is really pushing writing and guided reading (which I have always loved) and my low numbers have really helped with management.

Although, I have been a procrastinator about blogging! I want to share some fun things we have done so far! Sorry for the hodge-podge of subjects!

Starting with the beginning of the beginning....

Every summer the custodial crew takes ALL our furniture out and waxes the floors....so every summer I have to set ALL of my stuff back up! Which is a love hate topic of my life! Some summers it helps me get a little more organized....but then sometimes I bite off more than I can chew! Haha!

This is the view of my loft from the door.

This is my favorite purchase from this summer! It now holds all my guided reading and math items I might need. And it rolls so gracefully! It was from ikea.

I copied this idea from another blog (I'll have to link it late!) and I am so excited about it! I am training my first graders how to use it this week!

These are some of the first week of school graphs and charts we do so I always get them ready during staff development.

Monday, June 29, 2015

Here are a few end of year projects we did to keep our sanity!
We finished up with our May "Math Strategy" Books where we practiced problem solving.

My kiddos absolutely love the "Strategy Builders".

We saw who was able to blow bubbles with gum and then made fun "Self-Portraits" with balloons for bubbles and crumpled tissue paper for no bubbles.

During the Month of May all of our schools First Graders had a "Nickels for Nepal" fundraiser to help with the Nepal earthquake disaster relief. The kids were very proud to see how much they earned! And took pride in knowing they helped people in need.

The last big project we do is a "Summer Bucket List". This year I took two different ideas from two awesome teachers in the blogging world and merged them into one activity. The glasses and self portrait idea cam from Third Grade Love and the bucket list came from Kayla at mpmschoolsupplies.com.

I always make sure that my last balloon surprise to pop is "Magic Spelling Foam" (that way I can get the tables cleaned before we have to pack everything up, LOL!) Teachers are such multi-taskers.

About Me

I am a working mother with two little girls ages 7 and 8. My husband and I live in the big state of Texas! I have worked 7 years for Bowie Elementary teaching First Grade, kindergarten, and now First Grade again. I love it!